Self-inspection of mammary glands

As it is correct to carry out self-inspection of mammary glands:

To carry out high-quality self-inspection of chest glands it is necessary to prepare hand cream, to be located on a comfortable bed, to take a big mirror and also to provide the maximum lighting. Sometimes it is more convenient to woman to perform inspection in the bathroom, the soaped hands or special gloves which are on sale in drugstores in sets for inspection of mammary glands.

- The woman has to examine always attentively a brassiere from the inside regarding finding of allocations from a breast, on linen fabric it can remain in the form of dry crusts, yellow or brownish spots.
- It is necessary to begin survey with visual assessment of the sizes, a shape of a breast in comparison with the previous survey, at the same time it is necessary to stand exactly with the hands lowered down.
- Then to get a hand for the head, watching closely uniformity of movement of gland. If gland rises with a delay or at a raising of both hands of one iron is displaced aside if when changing situation the hollow or camber is formed, the nipple changes, allocations appear and so forth deviations are signals that it is necessary to conduct planned diagnostic examination of mammary glands.
- To attentively consider a condition of skin of chest glands, it has to be without any propukhlost, sores, visible protrusions, to any rash and permanent reddening, the intertrigo and an orange-peel on skin should belong more seriously.
- The hands smeared with cream or soaped by soap, standing, it is necessary to survey each breast an opposite hand. Probing should be carried out by fingertips the circular springing movements. At first it is only necessary to probe slightly a surface under skin, not strongly pressing on gland. After in the top layers nothing is revealed, it is possible to strengthen pressing, gradually probing fabrics "layers" to the edges. It is necessary to examine thus completely all chest gland, to especially pay attention to the axillary hollow. There are lymph nodes which increase and morbidity are a symptom of adverse changes in the woman's organism.
- Further it is necessary to perform careful inspection of nipples. Compare a form, color of nipples and also attentively consider nipples for the purpose of detection of any spots, soaking, cracks or sores. It is necessary to probe both a nipple, and fabrics around it, it is also necessary to squeeze the careful movement a nipple to be convinced that there are no allocations from it. If allocations appeared, then it is necessary to define and write down what they on consistence, color and in what quantity appeared when pressing.
- It is also worth repeating inspection in lying situation, trying not to miss any site of a mammary gland at the same time.

Self-diagnostics is very important for timely detection of various violations in a female body, symptoms of cancer of mammary glands, and to do it and it is not difficult, and not long. If in comparison with last survey the woman found suspicious sites in mammary glands, it is necessary not to postpone a visit to the expert. The mammologist or the gynecologist can differentiate "find", define, specify the diagnosis, direct the patient to additional inspections.

Myths about a breast cancer

Every year in the world over one million cases of breast cancer are found in women. It leads to emergence of various panic moods, fear at women and also to development of rumors and myths in the people far from medicine. Some similar beliefs lead to the fact that women are afraid of safe diagnostics and refuse to undergo inspection:

The myth — my relatives never had a breast cancer therefore he does not threaten me
Of course, in the presence in the family anamnesis of cases of cancer of mammary glands, the risk of its emergence at close relatives increases. However the mass of cases of development of oncology when at the woman in family at anybody no oncological disease came to light is registered today.

The myth — I young therefore I can have no cancer
Even absolutely young girl has risk of development of breast cancer, today the oncology can develop at any age.

The myth — Cancer it is possible to warn
Unfortunately, the causes of cancer are up to the end not known and studying of this artful disease is conducted to this day. To some extent, hormonedependent forms of cancer try to prevent use of antiestrogenovy medicines now. However there are also other forms of cancer which are not depending on hormonal exchange in an organism. Only timely diagnostics can be the only way of prevention of early death from oncology.

The myth — Is not present sense to do mammography because the breast cancer transient and all the same conducts by death
Surely women of risk group should do annual mammography, for a year of serious changes does not occur, but such diagnostics will help to establish the begun process in time.

The myth - the High dose of radiation at mammography, is very harmful especially every year and will inevitably lead to cancer
The radiation dose at this procedure is insignificant and cannot have a serious negative impact on health, but can save life if in time to find a tumor at an early stage when treatment gives very tall chances of recovery.

The myth — If hurts nothing me why to be examined, I am healthy
Early stages of breast cancer proceed absolutely asymptomatically. If the woman already has good-quality new growths in a breast — lipomas, cysts, a fibroadenoma, a nodal form of mastopathy — them it is necessary to keep the mammologist under constant control. Urgently it is necessary to see a doctor if you found:
- Brown, blood, yellow allocations from a breast
- Consolidation any — small, big, painful or painless, any form
- If breast pain began to develop not one week prior to periods, and in 2 weeks prior to estimated monthly
- Severe pain in one or both chest glands

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